dingoes

Word Origin & History

1789, Native Australian name, from Dharruk (language formerly spoken in the area of Sydney) /din-go/ "tame dog," though the English used it to describe wild Australian dogs. Bushmen continue to call the animal by the Dharruk term /warrigal/ "wild dog."

Example Sentences for dingoes

Then I cut off the best parts only, and leave the rest for the hawks and dingoes.

I had read that fires would keep off native dogs or dingoes.

Let's go there, too; the dingoes are absolutely fascinating.

He had to watch the sheep and lambs and see that the dingoes did not get at them.

As dingoes worry sheep, the first task of a squatter is to get rid of them.

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